William arrodquier



W. ARROUQUIER..

CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 78,351. Patented May 26, 1868.

WILLIAM ARROUQUIER, OF--WORCESTER. MASSACHUSETTS.-

Letters ,Patent No.'78,351, dated May 26, 1868.

\ IMPROVED OLOTHES-DRIER;

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, WILLIAM ARROUQUIER, of the city and county. of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Briers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencc being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view oi my improved clothes-drier when arranged for use.

'Figure 2 represents a section, showing the mode of attachment to the side of the building, and

Figure 3 represents my clothes-drier detached from the building and folded up.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, A represents a window of the building, upon each side or winch are fastened by link or hook-joints the wires or eords'B B B B, their outer ends being provided with hooks, a a, to hook into the eyes & 6,-in the clothes-drier frame G, which is made in 'this instance with hinged joints, :1, so that it can be folded,

fup when not in use, as shown in fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings.

The frame is composed of two side-pieces, I) D, andtwo end-pieces, E E, which are fastened together at; their ends, and for greater security are provided with angle-irons, e e. The rear ends of pieces E,'ofthe frame G, are provided with two metal ear-sf, one of which is shown in fig. 2. The car-piecesfhave holes-in their rear ends, to-fit upon the upright endsg of the fastenings h, which are driven into the side of the building.

Upon theupper sides of end-pieces E E are fastened the pulley-supporting pieces F F, and within which are journalled ,or pivoted the grooved pulleys 1, said pulleys being arranged in sets, and provided with endless cords or hands, m, as shown in the drawings i I The mode of operation is' es'fi'ollowsfThe frame is passed out from the room or building through the window A, the hooks of the longest cords or wires, B; beinghoolc ed into the eyes 6 in the front of the frame, after which the frame is pushed entiriely out of the window, and the earpieces f slipped or hooked upon the ends 9 of fastcniugs k, and the buttons nn, which are attached to the side of the building, turned down, as

shown in the drawings, to prevent the ear-pieces f from slipping or springing of from fastenings 7: while the drier is in-use. The hooks 01 of the other set of wiresor cords B are then inserted in their respective eyes 6 b. If preferred, hooks 02 may be-ins erted before the frame is pushed entirely out of the window. The attendant now attaches or fastens the clothes to be dried to the lower sides of the endless bands or cords m, then draws the upper part of the endless cords or hands towards the building, thereby drawing the clothes from the building and toward the outer end of the frame C, which makes room for the fastening of additional clothing to the cords, the same as in the first instance. The operation is repeated until the lower parts of the cords between the end-pieces F F are filled with clothing.

After the clothing has been properly dried, the attendant can remove the same by opening the window and removing the articles nearest to the building, and then moving the cords to bring the other articles into the same position, and so on until all have been removed.

' It wilibe seen from the foregoing description of my improved clothes-drier that it can be applied to the side'of a house or building in a very quick and expeditious manner by a person standing within the building, and that the clothes can be attached and removed from the cords m by a person while standing upon the inside of the building by simply raising one-half of the window. When the drier is not required for drying clothes, it can be taken in through the window and folded up, as shown in fig. 3, so as to occupy but a small space.

In some cases, where the windows are small, anda large frame is not required, the hingcdjoints u", may be dispensed with, and, if preferred, one or both of the sets ofwires B may be attached or hooked to the fr so-as to cross each other, in which position they would probably sustain the frame-G quite as effectually from a lateral or swaying motion. v Y

My clothes-drier is simple in construction, and can be applied to the side oiv a'b uilding'thro g l w ill lQW in any story thereof, and that, toomlthout interferingwith the application of a similar frame to the story above or below it. l

The persons putting out or taking in the clothes are not exposed to the winds or sun, as they are when required-to outside of the building for that purpose.

Having dscrlb ed my improved clothes-drlo1', "what I olaim therein as new, and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- I 1. The combination, with the side-piooesD D and end-pieces E E, of the eyes b b, endless bands or cords m, pulley-supporting pieces F, and ear-places), substantially as anclf'or the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the hinged and folding clothes-drying frame, of cords B, or their equivalents, for supporting the some upon the exterior of the window, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with the frame G, ears f, and eyes 6 b, of tho supporting-wires or cords 13 B, and the fastenings k, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 7

4. The combination, with the framo'C and cars f, of the huttonsn, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WM. ARROUQUIER.

Witnesses:

Tnos. H. Donon, Gno. H. MILLER. 

